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3 days ago · Professor Steffen was an internationally esteemed expert in climate change research, serving as Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and a contributor to five Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment reports.
- William Herbert Pl, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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Jun 19, 2024 · In the last six decades, anthropogenic forcings have driven exceptionally rapid rates of change in the Earth System. This new regime can be represented by an ‘Anthropocene equation’, where other forcings tend to zero, and the rate of change under human influence can be estimated.
Jun 26, 2024 · Thus, of all the candidates for a start date for the Anthropocene, the beginning of the Great Acceleration is by far the most convincing from an Earth System science perspective. An international centre that advances transdisciplinary research for governance of social-ecological systems.
Jun 26, 2024 · Politicians, economists and even some natural scientists have tended to assume that tipping points1 in the Earth system — such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest or the West Antarctic ice sheet — are of low probability and little understood.
Jun 28, 2024 · Will Steffen (Photo courtesy Climate Council) I didn't ever meet Will Steffen but I was aware of his extraordinary work in climate science and his perhaps lesser-known contributions to Australian climbing history.
Jun 26, 2024 · My late friend professor Will Steffen who was one of the top climate scientists on this continent said to me at a café in Canberra: “Massive floods, fires and heatwaves are sending us a clear message.
Jun 19, 2024 · March 6, 2024. Big businesses will this year have to report their environmental impacts – but this alone won’t drive change. Martina Linnenluecke, University of Technology Sydney. Will it make a...
